The 24-year-old reality star, who is expecting her first child with her husband Jeremy Vuolo, is a new and proud homeowner, and is in the process of giving some tender loving care to her Laredo, Texas, abode.

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Origin and Etymology of abode

Middle English abade, abode, from bade, bode "stay, delay" (going back to Old English bād "expectation, period of waiting," probably going back to Germanic *baiđ-, noun derivative from the base of *bīđ- "wait, bide") crossed with abiden "to abide"